The reflection and refraction of light through the kitchen window from the garden is of its moment. Filtered through the pines and the leafless trees. Sparkling off wet stems and evergreen foliage. It will not be the same ever again. Or at least I may not ever see it as I see it now. The garden is a paradise in this moment. The cloister garden is cloistered.

A Thistle in My Sensitive Area. This has been a story, and I have been the hero of it. You should have a blog. Or Frank Lloyd Wright in the way folks seemed to think making dinner turned them into iconic TV chefs. I had opinions on many things, but no story to tell. The property as it appeared before development. There is the wetland, there is the lake across the street. Here be dragons! But when I began working.

An unapologetic plant geek shares advice and opinions on gardening, the contrived and the natural landscape, as well as occasional topics from the other side of the gate. Chilly Bike Ride to Portsmouth. I have since read that Babylon Berlin. Once in Olde Towne I found much in bloom.

A Fan of the Blues- blue flowering perennials. Attracting Native Pollinators to Your Garden. Let it Grow- the Value of Meadows. Moon Garden- White Flowering Garden. Symbolic Chinese Garden Design Concepts. The Value of Small Ornamental Trees. The Ways of the Willow. Making a Bold Statement- big leaf plants. The Still Ecstacy of Winter.

Saturday, January 26, 2013. View from Federal Twist has moved. View from Federal Twist has moved from Blogger to WordPress. Wednesday, January 23, 2013.

Sunday, July 5, 2015. Thermal and Not so Thermal. Here I am wrapped up in my cloaks, cold itself. And yet, significant signs of life are surfacing. Bravo, Hercules, I say. This is winter? Thursday, May 28, 2015.

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Friday, April 24, 2015. Perfectly contained wilderness - Japanese irises in the Imperial Palace East Garden in Tokyo. Despite having walked around the Imperial Palace grounds on my previous trips to Tokyo, this was the first time that I actually entered the East Garden.

To be viewed and interacted with on the Art and Arhcitecture walk around the domain. Seemingly I just snap away at things I like nowadays . On the way down to The Meditation Bell. Have created somehing special in a relatively small sp.